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Kelvin Droegemeier (left) director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is the spring commencement speaker

White House official to deliver EMS 2019 spring commencement address 04/30/2019

Kelvin K. Droegemeier, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will deliver the 2019 spring commencement address for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) undergraduate graduation ceremony.

Online students traveled to University Park campus for commencement.

Past, present and future of Online Geospatial Education at Penn State celebrated 04/30/2019

Here is something to think about: Some of Penn State’s current Department of Geography students weren’t even born when Online Geospatial Education at Penn State offered its first class.

Marisa Ferger, a lecturer in meteorology, is hit in the face with a pie as part of a student fundraiser.

Meteorology and atmospheric science students raise money for storm victims 04/29/2019

Penn State student Kristina Salvatore spends much of her time thinking about weather events, including severe storms that impact people around the world. After hurricane season this year, Salvatore, a senior in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, wondered what she could do to help those affected by these storms.

Ana Isabel de la Fuente Duran leads a regular Women in Materials Science club meeting.

New club, Women in Materials Science, strengthens ties among women in STEM 04/29/2019

When Penn State student Ana Isabel de la Fuente Duran’s fellowship led her to tackle materials science research problems at another university last summer, she stumbled upon an entirely different problem to solve.

Jeremy Gernand, assistant professor of environmental health and safety engineering, received a Gladys Snyder Education Grant

Developing an engineering design simulator for risk-related decision making 04/29/2019

Jeremy Gernand, Penn State assistant professor of environmental health and safety engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, recently received a Gladys Snyder Education Grant from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences to develop a computer-based simulator to give undergraduate engineering students experience with the risk-related implications of system design decisions.